BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD)
Health Care · Senior living communities and residential care facilities · NYSE
The nation's largest senior living operator, serving 51,000 residents across 584 communities while pursuing operational turnaround and margin expansion despite current profitability challenges.
What BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC does
Brookdale Senior Living is the nation's largest operator and manager of senior living communities, running 584 communities across 41 states serving approximately 51,000 residents. The company operates independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with a portfolio split between owned, leased, and managed properties. Brookdale provides seniors with a comprehensive continuum of care services designed to enable aging-in-place and maintain resident continuity over time.
Themes: ["Senior living / long-term care operations","Aging-in-place continuum of care","Senior housing / residential services","Memory care and assisted living"]
Fundamentals
- Price$15.28 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$3.6B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+105.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- Net margin-6.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+26.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-128.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity40.97 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.61 as of 2026-07-10
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant leverage and debt burden ($4.3 billion in long-term debt as of March 31, 2026) against negative stockholders' equity of approximately -$55.9 million, creating refinancing and solvency risks","Flat to declining revenue (-0.36% YoY) and unprofitable operations (net margin -6.51%), indicating operational challenges and inability to grow resident fees despite demographic tailwinds","High operational expense structure dependent on associate recruitment and retention in a tight labor market, with facility operating expenses consuming 67% of revenue in Q1 2026"]
Competitors & peers
- Five Star Quality Care
- Capital Senior Living (CSL)
- Sunrise Senior Living
- The Ensign Group (ENSG)
- Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI)
- Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.